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No, I haven't put any requests out on craigslist or uncle henry's, though I do browse craigslist from time to time.
I've only recently decided that this could be the year to get some and was prompted to action by the size of some chickens I saw in a chicken show in Maine yesterday.
if you picked up the list of breeders from that show you could contact them. anyone get the list?
None of the birds I saw at the show were New Hampshire Reds, I was just struck by the difference in size between the breeder birds and the hatchery birds that are so common. The two large cockerels that stood out to me were a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Plymouth Rock. (That having been said, I didn't see a breeders list.)
I am interested specifically in New Hampshire Reds, not Rhode Island Reds (even though I know that New Hampshires were developed entirely from Rhode Islands). It is my understanding that New Hampshire Reds were selected for meat qualities including early growth, and that is what I am most interested in.
No, I haven't put any requests out on craigslist or uncle henry's, though I do browse craigslist from time to time.
I've only recently decided that this could be the year to get some and was prompted to action by the size of some chickens I saw in a chicken show in Maine yesterday.
if you picked up the list of breeders from that show you could contact them. anyone get the list?
None of the birds I saw at the show were New Hampshire Reds, I was just struck by the difference in size between the breeder birds and the hatchery birds that are so common. The two large cockerels that stood out to me were a Rhode Island Red and a Barred Plymouth Rock. (That having been said, I didn't see a breeders list.)
I am interested specifically in New Hampshire Reds, not Rhode Island Reds (even though I know that New Hampshires were developed entirely from Rhode Islands). It is my understanding that New Hampshire Reds were selected for meat qualities including early growth, and that is what I am most interested in.
